IF YOU CARE TO KNOW - WHERE IS GOD'S SECRET?

"What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose" (Psalms 25:12). 

"The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant" (Psalms 25:12, 14). 

The primary thing God does for those who fear and follow Him is to teach such people His ways and let them in to the secrets of His covenant. He wishes above all things that their souls would prosper in the knowledge of His ways and understand how to have a living, dynamic relationship with the Most High. As far as God is concerned, relationship between humanity and divinity should always transcend pecuniary matters, even as there is more to life than material blessings. This is where Jehovah is unique and cannot be compared to any other being that men give their worship. Relationship is the distinguishing mark of Christianity - the worship of the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

However, it is sad that today's church is most disinterested in that which is most paramount in the heart of God. Today's pastors, in their rabid lust for the crowd, wealth and fame have told us that our relationship with God is just for one end - to get His blessings, and by that they mean the material blessings. As they invite us to come to their gatherings, they advertise to us all the good things of life that money can buy and tell us that is the purpose of seeking God. They introduce to us a mercantile gospel (which is no gospel), and a capitalist Christianity (which is no Christianity), wherein personal profit is the overriding motive. 

And so today, people come to church never having any intention to know God; we only want His blessings, no more, no less. The few who come with a genuine desire to walk with God, to know Him and learn His ways soon lose such desires in the deluge of worldliness that has overtaken the church. Thus the prevailing contemporary attitude is that God should keep His ways to Himself and release the goodies in His hands. Our attitude also confirms that we don’t want to know any secret about how to please God or walk with Him. But we are very much interested in knowing the secrets of how to loot the divine treasury for our selfish ends. 

Where are the Moses of today who would be more interested in knowing Him and His ways rather than His acts? (Psalms 103:7). Where are the Paul of today who will count what would have been gains to them dung and resolutely declare: "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection"? (Philippians 3:10). But know assuredly that until today's believers understand that only those who are learning His ways are truly His, we cannot make real progress in our spiritual sojourn. We will never be serious in our pursuit of the knowledge of God and His ways until we realize that those who only know His acts and benefit from same are ever in danger of perishing, just like the Israelites who saw His acts and still perished in the wilderness. 

What is the conclusion of this matter? 

"Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD" (Jeremiah 9:23-24).